By Stavros Lygeros Ankara is laughing. It ran the gauntlet of its so-called evaluation for European membership without making the slightest compromise, when the EU should have frozen all negotiations until Turkey met its conditions. Meanwhile, although Athens and Nicosia could not have imposed any unilateral sanctions, they could have avoided signing an agreement which confirms ...

  Cyprus court decision to carry a steep cost     by Sevda Yüzbaşıoğlu - Referans   ISTANBUL - The decision by the European Union’s top court to allow Greek Cypriot courts jurisdiction over land issues in the north of the divided island of Cyprus threatens both Turkey and northern Cyprus with economic ruin, experts say. After an 18-month trial, the ...